State v. Dellay

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the defendant, Lance Dellay, from a judgment of conviction of one count of second-degree murder and one count of felony larceny. The defendant was sentenced to a term of sixty years, fifty years to serve and ten years suspended with probation, on the murder count, and a concurrent term of ten years on the larceny count. On appeal, the defendant contended that the trial justice improperly excluded evidence of prior aggressive acts by the victim, Todd Ricci (Ricci or victim), thereby erroneously limiting…